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Retrosheet Boxscore: Texas Rangers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

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Texas Rangers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Day

Game Played on Wednesday, August 5, 1998 (N) at The Ballpark in Arlington

TOR A    0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   3  7  0
TEX A    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4  6  0
BATTING
Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Stewart lf                    3   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Green rf                      3   0   0   0       1   1       2   0
Canseco dh                    3   1   2   1       0   1       0   0
Delgado 1b                    3   0   0   0       1   1       9   0
Cruz cf                       3   0   1   1       0   0       4   0
Fletcher c                    4   0   1   0       0   0       6   0
  Samuel pr                   0   1   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Brown c                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Fernandez 3b                  4   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
Crespo 2b                     4   0   1   1       0   1       0   2
  Grebeck 2b                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Gonzalez ss                   4   1   1   0       0   1       3   2
Escobar p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Plesac p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Myers p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       31   3   7   3       2   5      25   6
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Crespo-Gonzalez-Delgado.
BATTING - 
2B: Canseco (18,off Loaiza).
SF: Canseco (3,off Loaiza); Cruz (4,off Loaiza).
HBP: Stewart (9,by Loaiza).
IBB: Delgado (9,by Loaiza).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Canseco (25,3rd base off Loaiza/Rodriguez); Samuel (11,2nd base off Wetteland/Rodriguez).
Texas Rangers                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Goodwin cf                    2   1   0   0       1   0       4   0
  Kelly ph,cf                 1   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
McLemore 2b                   2   0   1   1       1   0       1   1
Greer lf                      4   0   1   1       0   3       1   0
Gonzalez rf                   4   1   1   1       0   0       2   0
Clark 1b                      3   0   0   0       1   0       6   4
  Alicea pr                   0   1   0   0       0   0       0   0
Rodriguez c                   4   0   1   0       0   0       5   0
Zeile 3b                      3   0   1   0       1   0       0   1
Stevens dh                    3   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Simms ph,dh                 1   0   1   1       0   0       0   0
Clayton ss                    2   1   0   0       1   1       3   1
Loaiza p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       4   0
  Wetteland p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       29   4   6   4       5   5      27   8
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Clark.
BATTING - 
HR: Gonzalez (32,9th inning off Myers 0 on 0 out).
SF: McLemore (2,off Escobar).
GDP: Stevens (4,off Escobar).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Goodwin (30,2nd base off Escobar/Fletcher); Clayton (2,2nd base off Escobar/Fletcher).
PITCHING
Toronto Blue Jays            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Escobar                       7     4   2   2   2   4   0  26
Plesac                        1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4
Myers L(3-4)                  0.1   2   2   2   2   0   1   5
Totals                        8.1   6   4   4   5   5   1  35

Texas Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Loaiza                        8     5   2   2   2   5   0  31
Wetteland W(3-1)              1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5
Totals                        9     7   3   3   2   5   0  36
HBP: Loaiza (1,Stewart).
IBB: Loaiza (1,Delgado).
Umpires: HP - Dale Scott, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Eric Cooper
Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 27766
Starting Lineups:

   Toronto Blue Jays             Texas Rangers            
1. Stewart             lf        Goodwin             cf
2. Green               rf        McLemore            2b
3. Canseco             dh        Greer               lf
4. Delgado             1b        Gonzalez            rf
5. Cruz                cf        Clark               1b
6. Fletcher            c         Rodriguez           c
7. Fernandez           3b        Zeile               3b
8. Crespo              2b        Stevens             dh
9. Gonzalez            ss        Clayton             ss
   Escobar             p         Loaiza              p

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Stewart flied to center; Green struck out;
Canseco struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 1ST: Goodwin walked; Goodwin stole second; McLemore
grounded out (first unassisted) [Goodwin to third]; Greer
singled to catcher [Goodwin scored]; Gonzalez popped to right;
Clark forced Greer (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Delgado struck out; Cruz grounded out (first to
pitcher); Fletcher singled to first; Fernandez forced Fletcher
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Zeile
popped to catcher; Stevens grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Crespo grounded out (first unassisted); Gonzalez
singled to pitcher; Stewart was hit by a pitch [Gonzalez to
second]; Green walked [Gonzalez to third, Stewart to second];
Canseco out on a sacrifice fly to center [Gonzalez scored];
Delgado grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Clayton walked; Clayton stole second; Goodwin
grounded out (first unassisted) [Clayton to third]; McLemore out
on a sacrifice fly to right [Clayton scored]; Greer was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Cruz flied to left; Fletcher grounded out (first
to pitcher); Fernandez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Blue Jays 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Gonzalez lined to center; Clark lined to center;
Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Blue Jays 1, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Crespo was called out on strikes; Gonzalez flied
to right; Stewart lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Blue Jays 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Zeile grounded out (third to first); Stevens struck
out; Clayton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Green grounded out (first to pitcher); Canseco
doubled to center; Canseco stole third; Delgado was walked
intentionally; Cruz out on a sacrifice fly to center [Canseco
scored]; Fletcher flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Goodwin flied to center; McLemore singled to
center; Greer struck out; Gonzalez flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Fernandez grounded out (first unassisted); Crespo
grounded out (first to pitcher); Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Clark grounded out (first unassisted); Rodriguez
singled to right; Zeile singled to second [Rodriguez to third];
Stevens grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Zeile out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
2, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Stewart singled to center; Green lined into a
double play (first unassisted) [Stewart out at first]; Canseco
singled to right; Delgado grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: PLESAC REPLACED ESCOBAR (PITCHING); Clayton
grounded out (third to first); KELLY BATTED FOR GOODWIN; Kelly
popped to shortstop; McLemore walked; Greer struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: WETTELAND REPLACED LOAIZA (PITCHING); KELLY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Cruz singled to second; On a bunt
Fletcher forced Cruz (pitcher to shortstop); SAMUEL RAN FOR
FLETCHER; Samuel stole second; Fernandez flied to center; Crespo
singled to right [Samuel scored]; Gonzalez forced Crespo
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: MYERS REPLACED PLESAC (PITCHING); BROWN REPLACED
SAMUEL (PLAYING C ); GREBECK REPLACED CRESPO (PLAYING 2B);
Gonzalez homered to left; Clark walked; Rodriguez lined to
center; Zeile walked [Clark to second]; ALICEA RAN FOR CLARK;
SIMMS BATTED FOR STEVENS; Simms singled to left [Alicea scored,
Zeile to second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Blue Jays        3   7   0    6
 Rangers          4   6   0    6
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